Val groaned quietly, rubbing her elbow where she smacked it. "I hardly viciously attacked you. What kind of person just stands in the middle of the sidewalk?? What about the 'walk' part of that confuses you?" she snapped, getting to her feet.

"Yeah... I'm delivering it." She stuck her hands into the branches, sending waves of healing magics through it as she pretended to feel to broken branches. "You know plaann..t...s..?"

She trailed off, finally looking up at his face and turning red. Shit. He's hot.